Major General Vu Cuong Quyet, Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Institute for Defence Strategy, on August 17 attended the opening session of a virtual conference of the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI).
Major General Vu Cuong Quyet, Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Institute for Defence Strategy, attends the opening session of a virtual conference of the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI). (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Major General Vu Cuong Quyet,Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Institute for Defence Strategy, onAugust 17 attended the opening session of a virtual conference of the Track IINetwork of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI).
Focusing on strengthening ASEAN’s defence cooperation inhealth security, the three-day event is held by the Royal Thai Armed Forces’Centre for Strategic Studies.
Delegates are discussing defence and security challenges causedby health security issues, particularly impacts of COVID-19 and othercommunicable diseases. They are also expected to chalk out ways to step up theregional partnership in military medicine to respond to public health emergencysituations and potential challenges caused by diseases in the future.
In his remarks, Major General Quyet highly valuedthe Royal Thai Armed Forces’ Centre for Strategic Studies for hosting theconference. He hoped that with an open atmosphere, honesty, trust and mutualunderstanding, participants will voice opinions to help bolster defencecooperation among ASEAN member states in health security at large and COVID-19response in particular./.
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Major General Vu Cuong Quyet, Director of the Ministry of National Defence’s Institute for Defence Strategy, attends the opening session of a virtual conference of the Track II Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions (NADI). (Photo: VNA)
